Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers
Also called: Accounting Machine Mechanic, Adding Machine Mechanic, ATM Servicer (Automated Teller Machine Servicer), ATM Technician (Automated Teller Machine Technician), Bookkeeping Machine Mechanic, Break Fix Tech (Break Fix Technician), Business Machine Mechanic, Calculating Machine Mechanic
Repair, maintain, or install computers, word processing systems, automated teller machines, and electronic office machines, such as duplicating and fax machines.
What computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers do
Typical tasks
- Travel to customers' stores or offices to service machines or to provide emergency repair service.
- Reassemble machines after making repairs or replacing parts.
- Advise customers concerning equipment operation, maintenance, or programming.
- Maintain parts inventories and order any additional parts needed for repairs.
- Converse with customers to determine details of equipment problems.
- Disassemble machines to examine parts, such as wires, gears, or bearings for wear or defects, using hand or power tools and measuring devices.
- Maintain records of equipment maintenance work or repairs.
- Repair, adjust, or replace electrical or mechanical components or parts, using hand tools, power tools, or soldering or welding equipment.
- Operate machines to test functioning of parts or mechanisms.
- Assemble machines according to specifications, using hand or power tools and measuring devices.
- Install and configure new equipment, including operating software or peripheral equipment.
- Analyze equipment performance records to assess equipment functioning.
Typical path into the job (BLS)
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers salary
The median annual wage for computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers is $47,810 (BLS OEWS May 2025; BLS Employment Projections 2025–35, national). The lowest 10 percent earn less than $35,910 and the highest 10 percent earn more than $71,730. The mean annual wage is $50,880.
The mean hourly wage of $24.00 is 3.3× the federal minimum wage of $7.25. State minimums are higher in most large states. Minimum wage by state →
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Pay by percentile
Annual wage percentiles from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Percentiles are a good proxy for pay by experience.
Projected pay for Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers (3, 5 and 10 years)est.
Today $47,810 → in 3 years $51,700 → in 5 years $54,500 → in 10 years $62,200 (10-year range $53,500–$72,200). The model assumes pay growth of +2.7% per year.
What drives the annual growth rate
Projected pay = current pay × (1 + annual growth)^years. The annual growth rate starts from a base wage-growth rate and adds or subtracts labor demand (BLS projected employment growth), wage momentum and AI replacement risk for each occupation. Projections are not guarantees. How it is calculated →
Outlook score for Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers
Each component is a percentile rank among all occupations in the same country (0–100). Weights: labor demand 25, wage momentum / openings 15, pay level 15, AI resistance 25, aging workforce 10 (Japan only), entry barrier 10.
Will AI replace Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers? AI replacement risk
How AI is changing this job
A written analysis for this occupation is being prepared.
AI replacement risk compares the parts of a job that are easy to hand to AI or software (processing information, documentation, repetitive computer work) with the parts that are hard to automate (physical work, working closely with people, judgment in unpredictable settings), using O*NET work activities, work context, skills and knowledge. The result is a relative position among all occupations in the country, scaled to 0–100%. Methodology →
Labor demand for Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers
Employment projections are from the BLS Employment Projections program (2025–35). Annual openings include both new jobs and replacement of workers who leave the occupation.
The same job in Japan
| Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers United States | キッティング作業員（PCセットアップ作業員） Japan | |
|---|---|---|
| Median / average pay | $47,810 | ¥4.29M ≈ $27,269 |
| Pay in 10 years (est.) | $62,200 | ¥5.09M |
| Outlook score | 37 | 34 |
| AI replacement risk | 48% Moderate | 67% High |
| Workers | 66K | — |
Matched by occupation (SOC code). Yen converted at 157.25 JPY/USD for reference; Japanese figures are averages, U.S. figures are medians, and the surveys define occupations differently.
Skills, education and requirements for Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers
Key skills
O*NET skill level ratings (0–7).
Key knowledge areas
What the work involves
Important abilities
Training before entry
Related work experience
Job Zone 2 — some preparation needed (O*NET)
Difficulty of entry: ★★☆☆☆ Fairly easy (from education, training, experience and Job Zone)
How to become computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
A step-by-step guide for this occupation is being prepared. The education, training and experience data above show the typical path.
Career path and how to earn more as computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
Career-path guidance is being prepared. Pay by percentile is shown in the Pay section.